Indians find touch in victory over St. Henry (01/14/05)

FORT RECOVERY — The Indians discovered a shooting touch they hadn’t seen in a while. And it was fun to have it back.

Fort Recovery’s girls basketball team shot 55 percent in the second half, more than doubling its scoring output from two nights earlier in a 74-57 victory over the St. Henry Redskins.

The Tribe (8-4, 3-1 Midwest Athletic Conference) shot just 32 percent Tuesday in a 52-35 loss to Fort Loramie. It had 34 points by halftime against St. Henry, holding an 11-point lead which it would not give away.

Sophomores Tiff Gaerke and Holly Stein had their best offensive output of the season in the same game.

Gaerke was on fire from the field, shooting 11-of-16 (69 percent) as she scored 25 points. Stein was also over 50 percent as she finished 10-of-18 from the field and scored 23 points.

The pair swapped positions in rebounding, with Stein grabbing a team-high nine while Gaerke followed with seven. Stein added three assists and two steals, and Gaerke notched three blocks.

Sara Fortkamp made all but one of her field-goal attempts, including her only 3-point try, to finish with seven points. She also had four steals, and Vicki Roessner added five assists and four steals.

Lanee Mikesell had 15 points to lead the Redskins (4-7, 1-3 MAC). She was second on the team with six rebounds, and added three steals and two assists.

Brenda Hemmelgarn had 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Danielle Kremer also reached double figures with 11 points.

FR JV big in 3rd

Fort Recovery’s junior varsity team led by just two at halftime, but pushed the margin into double digits in the third quarter on the way to a 47-31 victory over St. Henry.

The Indians improved to 10-2 as they dominated the third quarter by a 21-9 margin. They then held St. Henry to just four fourth-quarter points to seal the win.

Abby Niekamp and Sam Staugler carried the scoring load for the Tribe with 14 and 13 points respectively. Niekamp and Jill Pottkotter each grabbed eight rebounds, and Lauren Wenning led Fort Recovery with nine boards.

Wenning and Val Fortkamp each had three assists, and Fortkamp added eight steals.

Sarah Lefeld carried St. Henry with 12 points, five steals and four assists. Gail Hartings had 11 points and six rebounds.

Junior high boys split

The Fort Recovery eighth grade boys basketball team managed a late comeback for a 33-31 victory over St. Henry Thursday. The seventh grade team was outscored in every quarter, falling to the Redskins 43-22.

The Tribe eighth graders trailed by three with one quarter to play. But, they outscored St. Henry 10-5 in the final period to grab the victory.

Tyler Jutte was the lone Indian in double figures as he scored 13 points. Wes Kahlig and Toby Metzger added eight points apiece.

The seventh grade boys team fell behind by four in the first quarter. St. Henry rolled to a 13-3 second-quarter advantage for a 14-point halftime lead, and Fort Recovery couldn’t recover.

Greg Kahlig paced the Indians with eight points. Nate Wendel, Josh Wendel and Craig Brockman each had four points.[[In-content Ad]]